Paper stand and cutter.



No. 807,353; PATENTED DEC. 12, 1905.

G. B. BRETZ.

PAPER STAND AND CUTTER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.23,1905.

WITNESSES: INVENTOR M G909: 3212i,

ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE E. BRETZ,-OF COLUMBUS, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE WEST SUP- PLY COMPANY, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

PAPER STAND AND CUTTER.

Patented Dec. 12, 1905.

Application filed January 23, 1905. Serial No. 242,259.

To (ZZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE B. BRETZ, a citizen of the United States, residing at C0- lumbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper Stands'and Cutters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in paper stands and cutters.

The object of the invention is to provide a paper-cutter that is self-feeding and after the desired sheet of paper has been removeda sufficient portion will be projected between the roll and the cutter to. afford a handhold and facilitate the removal of subsequent sheets, and also one that may be readily removed to permit a new roll of paper to be placed in position. K,

Finally, the object of the invention is to provide a device of the character described that will be strong, durable, efficient, and one that will be simple and inexpensive to make.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists of the novel details of construction and operation, a preferable embodiment of which is described in the specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation of an ordinary stand and paper-roll, showing my improved cutter arranged thereon. Fig. 2 is a plan View. Fig. 3 is an end elevation, and Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical sectional view taken on line so a; of Fig. 1.

In the drawings the numeral 1 represents a stand comprising foot members 2 and inverted- U {shaped standards 3, connected at their lower end with the foot members. The standards 3 are held to ether at their upper central portions by ac amp 4 and at their sides by clamps 4 provided with bearings 5, which loosely support a shaft 6, carrying a roll of paper 7 in the ordinary manner.

For the purpose of cutting the paper after the desired size sheet is unrolled I provide a pair of side bars or brackets 8, each having at their rear end a counterweight 9 and at the opposite end a slightly upwardly curved portion 10, provided with an inwardly-extending lug 11. It will be observed that the lugs 11 are disposed at an angle and that they constitute the supports for a cutter-bar 14, which is likewise supported at an angle and owing to the upwardly-curved portions 10 is elevated some distance above the roll of paper and its free end, allowing the operator to slip his hand under the cutter and grasp the nearest the cutter, and are disposed so as to impinge the forward standard 3 when the side bars are rocked. Shorter tongues or fingers 13 project inwardly from the side bars, like the fingers 12 at the rear of the rear standard 3 and while they project a short distance over the roll of paper they are normally held out of contact therewith. The paper passing under the fingers 12, which rest thereon, the roll is prevented from unwinding until the paper is pulled by the operator. For the purpose of holding the free end of the paper above the roll, so that it may be readily grasped, -a rounded bar 17 is supported from offset lugs 18 on the bottom of the upwardly-curved portions 10 of the side bars. The bar 17 rests on the roll of paper and assists the fin ers 12 in preventing the accidental unwinding thereof while the free end of the aper passing over the rounded portion is held above the roll, as shown in Fig. 4. The bar 17 also being set back some distance from the cutter-bar 14 causes a sufficient portion of the paper to aiford a handhold to project beyond or in front of the bar 17 after a sheet has been removed from the roll and cut by the cutter-bar 14.

In operation the operator grasping the free and projecting end of the paper pulls the same outward until a sheet of sufficient length has been unwound, when he pulls the same upward, thus bringing it into contact with the cutter-bar 14. As before described,the side bars owing to their loose recesses 15 are allowed a limited rocking movement, and being connected by the bar 17 and the cutterbar 14 it is apparent that they will move in harmony. Therefore when the sheet of paper is raised upward and brought into contact with the cutter-bar the same is lifted or given an upward movement, which rocks the side bars so as to raise the bar 17 off the roll and force the short fingers 13 down on the roll, the aXis or pivot-point being in the long fingers 12, which also bear on the roll with the short fingers and act as a brake to prevent the roll from unwinding as the paper is severed by the cutter-bar 14. The counterweights 9 being disposed in the rear of the short fingers 13 will assist in rocking the side bars, and thus relieve the cutter-bar of some of the pressure and prevent the sheet from being severed until the rear fingers are forced down upon the paper-roll. A sharp upwardand-sideward movement by the operator will sever the sheet of paper he desires to use.

It is apparent that the portion of the .paper extending from the long fingers 12 to the cutter-bar 14 will be free, and after the sheet is severed the said projecting portion will drop upon the bar 17 and will be held above the roll of paper, as set forth in Fig. 4, so that the paper may be readily grasped.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a roll of paper and a stand therefor, of a cutter-bar support resting on the roll of paper and constructed to have a limited rocking movement on the said roll, a rod carried on the support below and in the rear of the cutter-bar adapted to rest on the roll and cause the free end of the paper to project below the cutter-bar so as to be grasped on both sides, projections on the support normally out of contact with the roll and adapted to bear upon the roll of paper to prevent unwinding thereof when the cutterbar support is rocked.

2. The combination with a roll of paper and a stand therefor, of a cutter-bar support removably mounted on the roll of paper, projections on the support engaging the roll to allow a limited rocking movement of the support, a rod carried by the support below the cutter-bar normally resting upon the roll of paper and holding the free end thereof elevated so as to be grasped on both sides, and means for preventing the roll of paper from unwinding when the cutter-bar support is U rocked.

3. The combination with a roll of paper and a stand therefor, of a cutter-bar support removably and rockingly mounted on the stand and provided with upwardly-curved ends, a cutter-bar supported on the ends and arranged at an angle, and means carried by the support normally out of contact with the roll for engaging the roll when the support is rocked to prevent unwinding thereof.

In testimony whereof I affiX my, signature in presence of two witnesses.

. GEORGE B. BRETZ.

l/Vitnesses C. C. SHEPHERD, M. B. ScI-ILEY. 

